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HomeMy WebLinkAboutII(B2) Home Care Month - November 1996 AGENDA 11-05-96 Item II B 2 Ocoee CI f'f4:oF coon`��` Proclamation WHEREAS, home care is the oldest and most humane tradition of health service delivery in the United States, enabling the ill and disabled to receive high quality medical assistance and retain a sense of dignity and independence in the comfort and security of their own homes; and WHEREAS, home care in the United States is a growing alternative to hospitalization for acute and chronic illnesses, with an estimated expenditure of$30 billion for services to more than 7 million Americans; and WHEREAS; thousands of hardworking men and women, in association with more than 18,850 home care agencies, unite caring and modern technology by providing cost- effective home health care services that stimulate quicker and fuller recoveries and improvements than institutional care; and WHEREAS, these dedicated home care professionals and volunteers form a network of caring support in our nation's vast health care system and are deserving of special honor ,and appreciation for their many contributions; and WHEREAS, the National Association for-Home Care and more than 18,850 home care agencies have declared the month of November 1996 as National Home Care Month and are calling upon all Americans to observe this occasion with appropriate ceremonies and activities, NOW, THEREFORE, I, S. Scott Vandergrift, Mayor of the City of Ocoee, do hereby declare November 1, 1996 through November 30, 1996, as HOME CARE MONTH in Ocoee and I urge all of our citizens to support the home care profession in its efforts to provide safe, affordable and comfortable health care in the homes of our elderly, disabled and infirm. - IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have - -- - 1, hereunto set my hand and caused the •• Y t_ Seal of the City of.Ocoee, Florida to 11;' ` aD Y' be affixed this 1"day of November, r 1996. S. Scott Vandergrift, Mayor